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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
18-25
albumin levels
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
low albumin levels < 3.4
2. How many calories/gram is protein?
one week period
dietary approach to stop hypertension
4 calories/gram
essential amino acids
3. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
transferrin
protein
vitamin K
2 cups
4. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
5.5 ounces/day
5. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
dark green - orange - drybeans
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
6. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
vitamin K
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
7. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
18-25
low albumin levels < 3.4
essential amino acids
dietary approach to stop hypertension
8. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
day week or month
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
hemorrhage
9. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
6 oz. a day
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
diet recall
vitamin K
10. What is RDA of protein?
pregnant women or elderly
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
apple is higher risk than a pear
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
11. What is the function of vitamin C?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
prealbumin levels
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
12. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
trans fatty acid
protein
500 cal/day
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
13. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
pregnant women or elderly
14. Name six sources of grains
18-25
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
starches - sugars - and cellulose
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
15. Fats can lead to some medical problems
one tspn salt or less
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
milk - enriched grains
16. What function is vitamin D?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
liver and intestinal synthesis
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
17. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
6 oz. a day
2 cups
18. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
cream cheese - cream or butter
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
hemoglobin
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
19. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
day week or month
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
20. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
low albumin levels < 3.4
TPN total parenteral nutrition
21. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
antioxidant - immune function
decrease in total lymphocyte count
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
dairy and fortified foods
22. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dark green - orange - drybeans
atrophy or wasting of muscle
one tspn salt or less
23. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
vitamin K
dark green - orange - drybeans
one tspn salt or less
24. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein and fat
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
transferrin
25. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
can consume more calories without weight gain
dairy and fortified foods
fat soluble vitamins
rickets - osteomalacia
26. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
2.5 cups
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
6 oz. a day
300 cal/day increase
27. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
liver and intestinal synthesis
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
28. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
carrots and sweet potatoes
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4 calories/gram
29. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
antioxidant - immune function
transferrin
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
fat soluble vitamins
30. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
trans fatty acid
atrophy or wasting of muscle
31. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
B and C
can consume more calories without weight gain
dairy and fortified foods
32. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
transferrin
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
3 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
33. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
6 oz. a day
milk - enriched grains
one tspn salt or less
34. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
transferrin
protein
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
35. What type of people need extra protein?
5.5 ounces/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
36. What are healthy sources of fats?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vitamin K
rickets - osteomalacia
37. What is normal albumin levels?
one week period
one tspn salt or less
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4 calories/gram
38. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
prealbumin levels
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
39. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
300 cal/day increase
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
milk - enriched grains
40. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fats
low albumin levels < 3.4
dark green - orange - drybeans
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
41. What is normal BMI?
dairy and fortified foods
prealbumin levels
milk - enriched grains
18-25
42. What does DASH stand for?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
dietary approach to stop hypertension
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
43. When does BMR decrease?
transferrin
review of systems
2.5 cups
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
44. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
trans fatty acid
cream cheese - cream or butter
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
45. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
dairy and fortified foods
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vitamin K
46. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
47. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
fats
day week or month
one tspn salt or less
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
48. Where can you get more vitamin D?
18-25
dairy and fortified foods
trans fatty acid
day week or month
49. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
liver and intestinal synthesis
one week period
apple is higher risk than a pear
prealbumin levels
50. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
5.5 ounces/day
day week or month
protein
milk - enriched grains